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ID: 700001757 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001757 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Canoe prow (prow ornament; Unknown; undetermined; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: OL000748) | |
Note: This unique and enigmatic sculpture is one of the treasures of the Oldman Collection. Oldman attributed the scuplture to Kaniet, a small island north of Papua New Guinea.The sculpture is generally thought to be a canoe carving, though even the correct orientation of the sculpture is in doubt. It is usually depicted as it is shown here, with what appears to be a central human head facing slightly upwards. When it is rotated 90 degrees, a shape that might be a seabird becomes more prominent. There is a groove along one edge, which has apparently enabled the sculpture to be glued or lashed to another piece of wood: this supports Oldman's theory that it was a part of a canoe prow. | |
Titles: |
Canoe prow (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
prow ornament [300265068] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by location or context>) |
vehicles / transportation (preferred) |
Creation Date: undetermined |
Unknown [preferred,VP] |
carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274] |
Locations: |
Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: registration number: OL000748 |
Credit Line: Oldman Collection. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1992 |
Creation: Kaniet Islands [1010067] Manus (province), Papua New Guinea (nation), Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: wood |
wood (plant material) [300011914] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>) |
Dimensions: Overall: 465 (Height) x 255 (Width) mm |
human figures (preferred) |
animals |
head (representation) [300262520] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT) |
human (species) [300265711] | |
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Primates (order), Hominoidea (superfamily), Hominidae (family), Homo (genus)) (AAT) |
bird (animal) [300266506] | |
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Canoe prow | ........ [VP,TePapa] |
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=133750; accessed 16 August 2912 | |
........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) | |
Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa] |
....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 16 August 2012 | |
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